Nominations for Hong Kong’s Election Committee to run from October 7 to 20
Nominations for Hong Kong’s powerful Election Committee will take place in October, with the vote for 982 seats of the 1,500-member body – which picks the city’s leader and some of the legislative candidates – taking place a month later. A government spokesman said Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu had specified November 22 as the polling date for the committee’s subsector ordinary elections and…
Nominations for Hong Kong's powerful Election Committee will commence from October 7 to 20, according to a government spokesman. The Election Committee, consisting of 1,500 members, will vote for 982 seats in November. The chief electoral officer will later publish a notice on the submission deadline for nomination forms. The Election Committee, composed of 40 subsectors, will play a crucial role in selecting Hong Kong's next leader and Legislative Council candidates.
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